Listen now 51:53 | An interview with US-based Syzygy Teams founder Dr. Julie Rennecker on her stories of using AI and how she feels about how AI is using people's data & content
Not sure what point youâre trying to make, Malcolm Storey. Your assumption is incorrect. I added the âlaughingâ smiley to the transcript simply because Julie literally laughed when she said it (itâs audible on the voiceover).
Julie chose a non-STEM career path, doesnât see herself as technical, and used self-deprecating humor in the interview. I didnât take her comment about her own face to be related to her attractiveness; I assumed she meant her facial expressions.
Iâve never even thought about whether men would consider the diverse women I know in STEM to be conventionally âprettyâ. I suppose some of them would be deemed âprettyâ, and some wouldnât. Other peopleâs opinions of their attractiveness are simply not relevant to their affinity for STEM.
Sexism definitely discourages girls from tech careers. Regardless of someoneâs personal small sample size, people of any gender making assumptions about a girl or womanâs affinity for STEM, based on whether they think sheâs âprettyâ, is sexist. If participation of girls and women in STEM is something you care about, I suggest trying to mentally decouple those two uncorrelated factors.
Not sure what point youâre trying to make, Malcolm Storey. Your assumption is incorrect. I added the âlaughingâ smiley to the transcript simply because Julie literally laughed when she said it (itâs audible on the voiceover).
Julie chose a non-STEM career path, doesnât see herself as technical, and used self-deprecating humor in the interview. I didnât take her comment about her own face to be related to her attractiveness; I assumed she meant her facial expressions.
Iâve never even thought about whether men would consider the diverse women I know in STEM to be conventionally âprettyâ. I suppose some of them would be deemed âprettyâ, and some wouldnât. Other peopleâs opinions of their attractiveness are simply not relevant to their affinity for STEM.
Sexism definitely discourages girls from tech careers. Regardless of someoneâs personal small sample size, people of any gender making assumptions about a girl or womanâs affinity for STEM, based on whether they think sheâs âprettyâ, is sexist. If participation of girls and women in STEM is something you care about, I suggest trying to mentally decouple those two uncorrelated factors.